Celebrating a baby rhino

(Text by Bradley Dennis and photos by Jody Bloomer)

 Doom and gloom usually make up the news headlines, but it is so nice to hear a ‘feel-good’ story every now and then! One such is news of the birth of a female white rhino in a breeding program which is part of the ongoing fight against the extinction of the rhino. Each rhino birth is exciting as the numbers of these icons of the African bush are under huge threat.

The baby was born in July on Samara Private Game Reserve, located in the Great Karoo region of South Africa. Samara is one of the many game reserves which participate in the conservation and protection of rhinos. She is a healthy and energetic little animal who enjoys spending her time playing in the veld, suckling her patient mother, Moyo, and ever-so-often collapsing exhausted into a heap for a well-deserved nap. Continue reading Celebrating a baby rhino

Celebrating 10 years of GPS mapping!

With the current 16.10 map release, all at Tracks4Africa are celebrating the sale of our GPS maps in the retail market for a full decade! The new release will be available in major outdoor retail shops and from our online shop from mid October.

SD-14.10_b

We received 555 data submissions from loyal users to create this version which not only means more roads and points of interest on the map, but also corrections to the existing map and data. The overall quality of the map has once again improved significantly.

We now cover:

  • 1 117 780km of fully navigable roads, covering the whole of Africa
  • 3 845 campsites (the most complete camping data base in Africa)
  • 156 753 points of interest
  • 1 452 protected areas such as national parks and game reserves
  • 13 397 accommodation listings
  • 10 562 fuel stops
  • 6 141 places to eat or drink

Continue reading Celebrating 10 years of GPS mapping!

The Kalahari is not for sissies!

If you want to travel the Kalahari, you have to be totally self-reliant. There is no water in most of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, no firewood, no fuel, no cell phone reception and no shops. One thing in abundance is deep sand that makes for slow driving… By Karin Theron

Continue reading The Kalahari is not for sissies!

Overland travel in Africa